Category: Success
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No 19 5-11-18 “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.”
“A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” – Jack Dempsey (1895 – 1983) American professional boxer There have been a few times when I could not get up in life. I was beaten down, crushed, defeated, and lost in the dark night of the soul. And yet, I got up. Jack Dempsey said it…
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No 17 4-27-18 “A Failure is a Mark of Experience”
I had not failed, but I had not fully opened my eyes to our true success and our great possibilities of growth. Perhaps my past ‘marks of experience’ had given me strength, wisdom, hope, vision, and a new excitement to achieve and hit new great goals.
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No 15 4-13-18 “We Must Do the Thing We Think We Cannot Do”
No 15 4-13-18 “We Must Do the Thing We Think We Cannot Do” These are two of my favorite quotes in life, both from Eleanor Roosevelt “You must do the things you think you cannot do.” and “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -both by Eleanor…
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No 14 4-6-18 “We Must Sail Sometimes with the Wind” “I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, — but we must sail,…
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No 12 3-23-18 “A Bumblebee Shouldn’t be Able to Fly”
No 12 3-23-18 “A Bumblebee Shouldn’t be Able to Fly” “Aerodynamically a bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway.”- Mary Kay Ash (1915 – 2001)American Businesswoman, founder Mary Kay Cosmetics I do not know that there are certain things I should not be…
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No 11 3-16-18 “If We Had No Winter”
No 11 3-16-18 “If We Had No Winter” “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” – Charlotte Bronte (1816 – 1855) English novelist and poet Almost 16 years ago, my life partner died in my arms,…
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No 10 3-9-18 All the Big Things in this World!
No 10 3-9-18 All the Big Things in this World! All the Big Things in this World! “All big things in this world are done by people who are naive and have an idea that is obviously impossible.” – Dr. Frank Richards (1875 – 1961) English Writer Every day I am working on my masterpiece,…
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01 1-5-18 Champions!
No 01 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, January 5, 2018 Champions! “Champions talk success. Champions know that success is inevitable; That there is no such thing as failure, only feedback. They know that the best way to forecast the future is to create it.” Michael Gelb “A Champion Team will…
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No 52 12-29-17 Happy New Year!
No 52 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, December 29, 2017 Happy New Year 2018! “To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself, it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one…
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No 51 12-22-17 “I Love the Holidays”
No 51 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, December 22, 2017 I Love the Holidays! We put up our Christmas tree Thanksgiving Day. Sent out our cards the next day. We knew that we would dance almost every day from then to Christmas Eve. Guess what? The days have been glorious. We…